392 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



A hawser entangled in the screw delayed our 

 departure, hut at last we got off, and were able to 

 enjoy the scenery of the great lough. First came 

 Perasto, with the castle of Santa Croce above it ; 

 then Eisano, the Koman Ehizinium, and the oldest 

 place in the Bocche di Cattaro, to which it at one 

 time gave the name of Sinus Ehizonicus. Behind 

 it extends the Crivoscie, of evil reputation. 



We left the Gulf of Eisano to our right, and a 

 sharp turn to the left took us into the Catene, named 

 like those of Sebenico, and for a similar reason. 

 Then we ran for some time towards Castelnuovo, 

 an old place fast coming into repute as a winter 

 resort, by reason of its splendid climate ; and then 

 — lunch like a curtain descended over the pano- 

 rama, and when we again emerged from the saloon. 

 Punta d'Ostro lay behind us, and we had left the 

 Bocche. 



Budua-Lestua, and the old Turkish castle of 

 Nehaj, in the Spizza district, all looked picturesque 

 enough that beautiful winter morning, but perhaps 

 " distance lent enchantment to the view." At all 

 events, these were the last points of Austrian land 

 we saw ; and then Dalmatia faded from our view, 

 to be but a memory, though, like most memories 

 of travel, a pleasant one, for the inconveniences 

 and drawbacks are readily forgotten, whilst we 

 easily retain recollections of happy days, and of 

 those whose friendship we have made on our 

 journeys, and whom we hope to see again. 



